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SwitchDoc Labs WeatherSense Assembly And Test Manual

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WeatherSense
Solar Powered Lightning Sensor
Assembly and Test Manual
February 2021
Version 1.1
Version 1.1 February 2021

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  • Page 1 WeatherSense Solar Powered Lightning Sensor Assembly and Test Manual February 2021 Version 1.1 Version 1.1 February 2021...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1) Keep all water away from the electronics and power supply at all times! 2) This is not a toy! Keep it out of reach of young children and pets. 3) SwitchDoc Labs assumes no liabilities in the use of this kit, beyond the refund of the purchase price. Errata...

  • Page 3: What Is The Weathersense Solar Powered Air Quality Sensor

    The heart of the new WeatherSense Sensors is the our new 433MHz MiniProPlus CPU board in working in conjunction with the HM3301 Laser Air Quality Sensor. The WeatherSense Air Quality kit is so simple that even middle school children can build it with just a little adult help for configuration and installation.

  • Page 4: Before You Build Your Weathersense Lightning

    Before You Build Your WeatherSense Lightning You should build and test your WeatherSense Lightning system as below BEFORE you put it in the option 3D Printed case. Get it working first, then put it in the case. Believe us, it is always easier to debug the system before you close it up in the case! The manual for the case and weatherproofing is called the “WeatherSense...

  • Page 5: Step By Step Assembly And Parts List

    We are assembling the WeatherSense Lightning System. In this manual, we are going to assemble the WeatherSense Lightning system and test all the functions. If you plan to put WeatherSense Lightning outside, and after you complete this manual, proceed to the “WeatherSense Lightning Weatherproofing, Assembly and Test Manual”...
  • Page 6 Part C Part D 433MHz Transmitter with Antenna ThunderBoard Lightning Detector Page Version 1.1 February 2021...
  • Page 7 Part F Part E SunAirPlus2 Solar Power Data Collector 330mA 6V Solar Panel and Controller Part H Part G One (1) 20cm Grove Cable 3.7V LiPo Battery (Not included) Page Version 1.1 February 2021...

  • Page 8: Parts You Need To Buy Separately From The Kit

    • Compatible SDR Software Defined Radio (For example: https://hpjhlytllzrwf4qn- 24552113.shopifypreview.com/products/software-defined-radio-sdr-and-antenna • 16GB SD Card (unless you bought the SD Card from SwitchDoc Labs) • Power Supply for the Raspberry Pi How to select a LiPo Battery The WeatherSense Lightning requires 3.7V LiPo battery.

  • Page 9: Step By Step Assembly

    Step by Step Assembly Remember you are putting together the WeatherSense Lightning to do testing and debugging. You will need to disassemble the unit and follow the assembly instructions in the WeatherSense Lightning WeatherProofing and System Testing Manual. Step 1: Lay out all parts on a flat non-conductive (J) surface.
  • Page 10 Step 3: Take a 50cm grove cable (Part I) and plug it into the grove connection on the Mini Pro Plus (Part A) marked J5-I2C and the other end into the I2C grove connector on the ThunderBoard Lightning (Part D). A red dot on the bottom means that the Mini Pro Plus has been programmed as a Lightning Sensor.
  • Page 11 Step 5: Take the other grove cable (Part H) and plug it in into the Mini Pro Plus (Part A) grove connector marked J7-I2C and the other end into the grove connector on the SunAirPlus2 board (Part F). Step 6: take the USB micro to Type A cable (Part B) and plug it into the USB micro connector on the MiniProPlus board (Part A) and the other end into the TypeA connector on the SunAirPlus2 Board (Part F).
  • Page 12 Step 7: Make sure the switch on the SunAirPlus2 board (Part F) is pushed toward the Battery Connector (away from the Grove Connector). This turns off the power supply to the MiniProPlus (Part A) Page Version 1.1 February 2021...
  • Page 13 Step 8: Plug the Solar Panel (Part E) JST-2 connector into the SunAirPlus2 (Part F) board JST-2 plug marked SOLAR (next to the USB Micro connector on SunAirPlus2 (Part F)). You can take the protective plastic off of the solar panel (Part E) at this time. Page Version 1.1 February 2021...
  • Page 14 Grove cable into the wrong plug on the ThunderBoard (Part D) or on the MiniProPlus (Part A). Go back to Step 3. Step 11: On powerup, the WeatherSense Lightning will send a message. You will see the LED market TX Page...
  • Page 15 Step 12: The Lightning board will send a message every ~11 minutes giving the latest Lightning readings and all the solar power data. You can see the graphs on the dash_app once you have started the WeatherSense Software (see below).

  • Page 16: Testing Weathersense Lightning

    You have now completed initial assembly. Now on to testing. Testing WeatherSense Lightning If you have the SwitchDoc Labs SD Card, you can proceed to Step 4. Step 1: Install the SDL modified version of rtl_433. In a terminal window on your Pi at /home/pi type: git clone https://github.com/switchdoclabs/rtl_433.git...
  • Page 17 -I You will get something like this: pi@SwitchDocLabs:~/SDL_Pi_WeatherSense Lightning $ hostname -I 192.168.1.44 Step 5: Update WeatherSense to the latest version. Type the following commands into a terminal window. cd SDL_Pi_WeatherSense git pull You will see something like this: pi@SwitchDocLabs:~/SDL_Pi_WeatherSense$ git pull remote: Enumerating objects: 19, done.

  • Page 18: What Does The Json From The Weathersense Lightningsensor Mean

    Step 6: First we will test the reception of the wireless weather sensors. Test your SDR and WeatherSense installation as follows. Note you must have completed the WeatherSense Lightning assembly. cd /home/pi/SDL_Pi_WeatherSense sudo python3 WeatherSenseMonitor.py Now start your Lightning sensor by turning the SunAirPlus2 switch to on. You will then see something similar to this on your terminal window: pi@SwitchDocLabs:~/SDL_Pi_WeatherSense $ sudo python3 WeatherSenseMonitor.py...

  • Page 19: Disclaimer

    B = 1, AS3935 ThunderBoard Present, 0 not present You now have completed testing of your WeatherSense Lightning sensor. Print your 3D Prints and move on over to the WeatherSense LightningWeatherproofing manual. Then take a look at the WeatherSense software manual for the Raspberry Pi.
  • Page 20 SwitchDoc Labs, LLC has compiled and published this manual which covers the latest product description and specification. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice. Page Version 1.1 February 2021...

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